William Freeland Montgomery
1839 - 1909 (70 years)-
Name William Freeland Montgomery [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Birth 1839 Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Gender Male Family Search ID G6CM-L75 Residence 1850 Forsyth County, Georgia, USA [1] District 31 Residence 1870 Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA [4] Residence 1880 Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA [5] Death 1 Oct 1909 Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Person ID I18628 Woodworth Ancestry Last Modified 23 Feb 2026
Father John Henry Montgomery, b. 14 Feb 1813, Hall County, Georgia, USA d. 7 Mar 1856, Chattooga County, Georgia, USA (Age 43 years) Relationship natural Mother Sarah Elizabeth Thornton, b. 4 Oct 1812, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA d. 20 Jun 1900, Weatherford, Parker, Texas, USA (Age 87 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1830 Georgia, USA Family ID F10213 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Betty Seagle, b. Sep 1834, North Carolina, USA d. 10 Apr 1911, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA (Age 76 years) Children + 1. John Alexander Montgomery, b. May 1857, Tennessee, USA d. 1944 (Age 86 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. Thomas Newton Montgomery, b. 31 Jul 1859, Georgia, USA d. 8 Nov 1940, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA (Age 81 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 3. James William Montgomery, b. 24 May 1864, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA d. 5 Jan 1941, Muskegon Heights, Muskegon, Michigan, USA (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 4. Sarah Elizabeth Montgomery, b. Sep 1867, Georgia, USA d. 12 Sep 1943, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 5. Nancy Catherine Montgomery, b. Sep 1867, Georgia, USA d. 12 Mar 1901, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA (Age 33 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F19053 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 23 Feb 2026
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Event Map 
Birth - 1839 - Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA 
Residence - District 31 - 1850 - Forsyth County, Georgia, USA 
Residence - 1870 - Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Residence - 1880 - Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Death - 1 Oct 1909 - Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S432] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 31, Forsyth, Georgia; Roll: 69; Page: 225b.
Record for John Montgomery
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8054&h=15936452&indiv=try - [S1307] Isaac Thornton (1817-1906), (Name: Keeling, Beatrice Thornton and Smith, Wanda Willard; Location: Dallas, Texas, USA; Date: 1976;), Thornton Montgomery, Sarah Elizabeth (1812-1900) Pages 28-29 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/405636-isaac-thornton-1817-1906-his-descendants-and-some-of-his-forebears.
Isaac Thornton (1817-1906) His Descendants and some of his Forebears
Book found at Ancestry.com
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62282/images/405636_fl954336_tn-36471-00000?pId=4496472385
Book Found at FamilySearch
https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/405636/?offset=0#page=34&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= - [S864] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 11.
Record for Thomas Newton Montgomery
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2376&h=762288&indiv=try - [S435] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Chattanooga Ward 2, Hamilton, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1532; Page: 682B.
Record for William F Montgomery
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7163&h=4598135&indiv=try - [S340] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee; Roll: 1259; Page: 190c; Enumeration District: 052.
Record for W. T. Montgomery
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6742&h=41665533&indiv=try - [S348] Ancestry.com, Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Death Records.
Record for James W Montgomery
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60872&h=2896194&indiv=try
- [S432] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 31, Forsyth, Georgia; Roll: 69; Page: 225b.
